Column for structural metal work



(No Model.)

y LHAUPT. COLUMN FOR STRUCTURAL METAL WORK No. 530,044.

Patented l\-ov vl 27, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD HAUPT, OF PHGENIXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLUMN FOR STRUCTURAL METALWORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,044, dated November 27, 1 894. 'Applicationled May 3, 1894. Serial No. 509 ,875. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, EDWARD HAUPT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Phoenixville, Chester county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Columns for Structural Metal Work, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a column especially adapted for building construction that it can be more cheaply made than the columns now in use and which will necessitate the employment ot' only a single line of rivets. The material I employ in making up the column is stock material, such for instance as Z-bars, I-beams or channel bars and the material need not be specially shaped.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure 1, is a perspective view of sufficient of a column to illustrate my invention. Fig. 2, is a sectional view of the column shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4, are sectional views of modifications. Fig. 5, is a side view showing the line of rivets staggered. Fig. 6, is a view showing the method of fasteninga floor beam to the column.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, A is an I-beam having the usual flanges a a and web a. and secured to each side of the web are Z-bars B B having flanges b b. The Z-bars are so arranged on the web a of the I-beam that the flanges b b will be in line. These langes as well as the web of the I-beam,'are perforated with a single line of holes, preferably arranged in a straight line, as shown in Fig. 1, and adapted to these holes are rivets or bolts C which firmly secure the Z-bars to the I-beam, making a column that will compare favorably with any of the more elabarate columns now upon the market and which can be made more cheaply than most of the columns as the material from which the column is made is stock material which is not specially prepared or shaped. In some instances the line of rivets may be staggered, as shown in Fig. 5,

and two channel bars A may be substituted for the I-beam, as shown in Fig. 3, or a single channel bar may be used as shown in Fig. 4.

A column constructed in the Inanner above described is especially adapted to building purposes, where it is desired to continue the column through the floors of the structure making what is known as a continuous col- .I-beam can be made the same weight throughout and the Z-bars may be graduated according to the Weight carried. Heavy Z-bars can extend t0 the first iloor for instance and light Z-bars can continue without making elaborate joints.

I claim as my invention- A column for structural iron work consisting of an I-beam and two Z-bars secured to the web thereof, the securing flanges of the Z-bars being arranged in line with each other and attached to the web of the I-beam by a single line of rivets, and the webs of said bars being at right angles to the web of the I-beam,

while the outer flanges of the said bars are turned in the same direction, parallel to the web of the I-beam, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD HAUPT.

Witnesses:

EDWIN C. FREEMAN, WILL. A. BARR. 

